Water softeners

falconman wrote:
We had the Flow Pur 10K model for a few years and always dreaded having to recharge it. The opening is only 3/4 inch which made adding salt a PITA!
We recently switched to a larger On the Go model and am so much happier. It has a large thermos type opening that you can dump the salt it easily.

X2 for OTG 160000 grain. 2 boxes of un-iodized table salt (my preference) every couple of months and much easier to recharge.
Got it here Ont The Go

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Funny, my Flow Pur instructions say the exact opposite. It says to let the salt sit in the unit for 5 minutes and then slowly flush with fresh water for 20 minutes. After 5 minutes it still tasty terribly salty.

I talked to the guy that manufactures the Flopur units - not the same guy that sells/distributes them - and for soaking he said the longer the better. Flush time may depend on water pressure and or ability to taste salt. I would taste the water every so often and five minutes was usually enough for me.
Also I think you said yours is a 10,000 grain unit and mine is an 8,000 and being smaller may not take as long as yours.

Funny, my Flow Pur instructions say the exact opposite. It says to let the salt sit in the unit for 5 minutes and then slowly flush with fresh water for 20 minutes. After 5 minutes it still tasty terribly salty.

I did not have room for the 10,000 grain unit so I have the FloPuir Mark 8000 SEE HERE
Cost is $182 and includes shipping if bought from the site above. Regeneration is done with a box of common table salt.
It is similar to others like the "On-The-Go" water softener which is the one Camping World sells I believe.

Both are 8000 grain units which means they will last longer than those with smaller numbers without requiring regeneration. Some folks use "Water Sticks" but the biggest one of those I have seen is only 1500 grains. The 10,000 grain units will last even longer before needing regeneration. I didn't have room for the bigger 10,000 grain model so I got the 8000 grain one.

In AZ where we spent most of the winter the water hardness is about 50 grains per gallon. That means that an 8000 grain unit will soften about 160 gallons before needing to be regenerated. Since we use about 13 gallons of water per day we have to regenerate every 12 days or so.

In our home in CO we have a water hardness of 20 GPG, there the softener will last about a month.

To recharge it I pour the water out of it into a container - mix the one box of table salt required for this unit in the water to make a slurry that I can pour into the unit - add enough water to fill it - turn it back and forth to mix - let it sit for 30 minutes or so and flush with fresh water for about 5 minutes.

I have an On The Go. It replaced a Travelsoft. My main complaint against the Travesoft was the difficulty in loading salt. I found that "ice cream salt" is a slightly finer rock salt that is much easier to add. Most large supermarkets carry it.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Placing a funnel in the opening makes the salt pour out of the box and into the water softener without issue.

X2

Had my flo-pur 2 years now makes life a heck of lot better, cleaning fixtures, doing laundry and showering

http://flowpur.com/html/rv-pro10000.html

Get it straight from the manufacturer its 173.00 no freight, no tax

Placing a funnel in the opening makes the salt pour out of the box and into the water softener without issue.

We also have the Flow Pure 10K model. We really like it and do not have an issue when it comes to recharge it. It is nice that is just used regular table salt.

We had the Flow Pur 10K model for a few years and always dreaded having to recharge it. The opening is only 3/4 inch which made adding salt a PITA!
We recently switched to a larger On the Go model and am so much happier. It has a large thermos type opening that you can dump the salt it easily.